Katja Hoyer: How the AfD changed German politics

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Katja Hoyer to discuss Germany's 2025 election results.

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Author of 'Beyond the Wall' Katja Hoyer joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to break down the results of Germany's era-defining general election.

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00:00 - 00:35 - Introduction
00:35 - 04:04 - Germany’s Rightward shift
04:04 - 08:40 - Why can’t the German establishment abandon the anti-AfD firewall?
08:40 - 11:00 - Will Germany’s election result boost the Alternative für Deutschland?
11:00 - 13:00 - Is there a lesson for Britain in the German election results?
13:00 - 17:00 - Who is Friedrich Merz?
17:00 - 20:24 - How the AfD conquered East Germany
20:24 - 22:53 - The class divide in German politics
22:53 - 24:30 - Did Elon Musk have any impact?
24:30 - 28:00 - What is remigration?
28:00 - 30:30 - The smaller German parties; Die Linke, BSW and more
30:30 - 32:15 - Germany’s fiscal straitjacket
32:15 - 35:22 - Will the German political crisis continue?
35:22 - 35:44 - Concluding thoughts

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